Shades of White: White Attitudes Toward Racism in America

Wendy Fournier Soto
6 min readJun 19, 2020

Over the past few weeks, the topic of race and racism has dominated news headlines and social media, as white America was forced to acknowledge the sad fact that racism is alive and well. As people watched (or heard about) the video of George Floyd gasping for breath while a white cop knelt on his neck for nine torturous minutes, there could be no denying the gruesome reality that hatred of…

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Wendy Fournier Soto

Outraged intellectual and recovering sugar addict. Hopelessly in love with my husband, kids, and dog.